Travel to Eastern Slovenia – Episode 816

Travel to Eastern Slovenia – Episode 816

Travel to Eastern Slovenia (Podcast)

Listen to about travel to Eastern Slovenia as the Amateur Traveler talks to vacation author Mark Baker from MarkBakerPrague.com about a the latest push trip that he took to fewer visited parts of Solvenia.

Mark starts off us in eastern Slovenia with the stunning cities of Maribor and Ptuj. Maribor, Mark says, “is a college student town. It is really energetic. It’s obtained a ton of points to do in the night. It is obtained a seriously stunning just renovated central sq..” Mark suggests this spot as the center for Slovenian wine generation. The oldest wine-making grapevine in the world is purported to be at the Previous Vine Household in Maribor.

Ptuj was at first a Roman garrison city where by the Roman empire would settle retired troopers. You can discover artifacts from that time, which include a Mithras shrine. Ptuj has an unconventional carnival celebration identified as Kurentovanje, where by locals chase away winter season carrying big furry beast costumes. The town is capped with a castle overlooking the city and the Drava River.

But the most abnormal component of Mark’s itinerary involved visiting an previous direct mine in Koroška. Mark initially did a mountain bike trip by the mine before boarding a claustrophobic mine coach and heading effectively down into the mine, in which they kayaked the underground waterways.

There is also a close by coal museum and an old coal mine the place you can have a gourmet food underground. Koroška is also identified for its mountain biking… previously mentioned floor as perfectly.

Mark then headed west to tour lovely Lake Bohinj in western Slovenia in Triglav Nationwide Park. The area is a centre for experience tourism. You can go rafting or mountaineering, but Mark also was equipped to go for a ride on a modest Icelandic horse. 

Slovenia is a lovely place with a prosperous background. It has quite a few effectively-beloved web pages like Like Bled, the caves of Postojna and Škocjan, and its compact coastline. But, as Mark uncovered, it also has a lot less visited but similarly excellent places… some of them deep underground.

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Show Notes

Mark Baker
Travel Together the Volga River in Russia – Episode 605
Slovenia
Koroška
Koroška
Maribor
Outdated Vine Household (Maribor)
Ptuj
Mithraism
Kurentovanje
Ptuj Castle
Danube River Cruise – Episode 664
Mežica
Lead Mine in Koroška
Podzemlje Pece tourist mine and museum
Ecohotel Koroš
Contacts and site – Coal mining museum of Slovenia
The Coal Mining Museum of Slovenia
Lake Bohinj
Mrcina Ranch (horses)
Lipica
Ljubljana
Vacation to Slovenia – Episode 656
Pohorje

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Stephanie on Journey to London, England – Episode 813:

Wonderful episode! I have been to London 6 periods and am likely back again in September. I however discovered some new points to check out when I go.
Having said that, just one point she said I’d like to make a recommendation: Employing a debit card vs. finding an Oyster card. You have to have a contactless debit card, and you have to make guaranteed it does not charge you foreign transaction fees. My card is not contactless, and I do get strike with FTF each time I use it, so I will continue on to use an Oyster card when I go.

All the finest, Stephanie

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